Dominik Paris: Frustration over fourth place - World Cup dream bursts!

Dominik Paris: Frustration over fourth place - World Cup dream bursts!

In a gripping competition at the Ski World Championship in Saalbach, the Swiss Franjo von Allmen literally surpassed the competition in the departure and crowned a world champion with an impressive run. The 23-year-old, who had already shone three times as a second place in the departure, crowned his season and presented himself as a strong challenger. His team-mate Marco Odermatt, who went into the race as a favorite, achieved the fastest time in the upper stretch of the track, but was able to do nothing in the lower part and finally ended up in the disappointing fifth place. This World Cup revealed an unexpected picture; Odermatt missed the double from Super-G and Departure Gold and thus the title defense, which lasted in 1972, as the Krone reported.

bronze, who, despite a big mistake in the run, kept his nerve and finished 14 hundredths behind the disappointed Italian Dominik Paris. After a fourth place, Paris had visibly frustrated about the missed podium and pointed out that he knew exactly how and where he had lost time. "I was annoyed that it was the fourth place," said the South Tyrolean. However, the races of this World Cup showed that the Swiss ski team demonstrated their status as favorites; She won in four out of five World Cup races with great double victories and left the competition far behind, such as held.